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Stories and Poems

Micro Fiction (Two Line Tuesdays) – Something Sweet

February 18, 2020May 2, 2020 Shyla Fairfax

Annie stared down at the unpaid for lollipop and waited for the obligatory guilt to set in, but it didn't. The world had taken away her mother; it owed her something sweet. © Shyla Fairfax-Owen

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Stories and Poems

Flash Fiction – Stitch Together

November 6, 2019February 13, 2020 Shyla Fairfax

Imogen rolled the crochet hook between her thumb and forefinger, chewing the inside of her cheek. Her grandmother's stitches were so precise, so intentional; she couldn't help but worry her clumsy fingers would ruin them.

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Seasonal, Stories and Poems

A Poem for Lenore

October 23, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

This conflict; so wicked To lose, so necessary to love.

Tagged death, Edgar Allen Poe, gothic, Grief, Halloween, literature, love, poems, poetry, The Raven6 Comments
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